Classified workers at Oregon’s seven public universities have reached a tentative agreement on a new labor contract with the state’s higher education institutions.
SEIU 503 announced early Monday morning — just hours before its members were set to picket — that the strike was off.
The statewide union represents school custodians, dining hall workers, office and support staff and more at Oregon State, Portland State, Western Oregon, Eastern Oregon and Southern Oregon universities, University of Oregon and the Oregon Institute of Technology…